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This journal is known to possess the influence, the staff, the standing and the leading circulation. It is exclusively read by the heads of many wealthy commercial houses throughout the World..
• One Hears " does not flag.
" Opinions from Others" about mixed treads and winter wheels go far towards filling page 260.
Notes from our correspondents in Athens, Toronto and Winnipeg will he found on pages 256, 257 and 258.
Railcars are a feature of moment in self-propelled-traffic progress. A good example of an up-to-date system is illustrated and described on pages 247-248.
The Overseas Annual.
Contributions and illustrations for consideration by the Editor in connection with the preparation of The Overseas Annual" will be welcomed. If requested, both used and unused photographs will be returned to the senders.
Government Contracts.
The following tenders have been recently accepted by the Government departments named :—War Office.—Motorcar, Deasy Motor Car Manufacturing Co., Ltd. Crown Agents for the Colonies.— Fire engine (Dennis Gwynne), Dennis Bros., Ltd. ; steam road roller, Aveling and Porter, Ltd. G.P.0.—Conveyance of mails : in Liverpool by motorvan and between Chorley and Preston by motorvan, J. Blake and Co., Ltd. ; between Derby and Birmingham, Derby and Sheffield, and Derby and Leicester, Ff. Tyler.
New Registration.
George Park and Co., Ltd., with an authorized capital of R5,000 in II shares, by Waterlow Bros. and Layton, Ltd. ; Birchin Lane, E.C., to carry on the business of haulage contractors, motorcar, omnibus, van, etc., proprietors ; also, to acquire the business carried on at Son thsea as Geo. Park and Co.
Undue Noise.
We ask owners to support the R.A.C. and C.M.U.A. in their efforts to secure compliance with the request of the Local Government Board that the use of "cutouts, whereby the exhaust of a petrol engine is wholly or partly discharged into the air except through a silencer, be prohibited.
Topical Subjects.
Our Editorial articles this week concern the following topical subjects: (1) "Stronger bridges " ; (2) "The 1912 Parade " ; (3) "Van deliveries and country residence during the winter months " ; (4) "Neglect of Colonial correspondence and orders by British traders " ; (5) "Cab-rank telephones" ; and (6) " The Overseas Annual."
Defence of Drivers.
The solicitors to the Association of Amalgamated Motor Drivers, Messrs. Lyell and Betenson, secured a dismissal, at Slough, on the 8th inst., of a summons against a member of that association who was charged with driving a motor lorry and trailer fitted with an insufficient width of tires. The summons was dismissed on payment of costs, and the Hon. Secretary of the A.A.M.D., Mr. W. Vincent, of 24, Gayton Road, Hampstead, NW., thinks that it may interest driver-readers of this journal to know that not a single case has yet been lost in the courts when his association has taken it up. This opportunity for defence will appeal to men whose employers are not members of the C.M.U.A.
The Brussels Motor Show will open on the 8th January next. it will be a combined show for private and commercial vehicles.
Mr. Frederick Thoresby, general manager of the Car and General Insurance Corporation, Ltd., was called to the Bar by the Masters of the Bench of the Inner Temple, on Friday, the 17th inst.
..° Accumulator Repairs.
Messrs. Jno. C. Fuller and Son, of Woodland Works, Bow, E., has made special arrangements for accumulator repairs, and does not limit its operations to cells of the firm's own manufacture Petrol Rebates for Motor • 7.1., Ambulances.
Mr. Harold Smith, in the House of Commons, on the lath inst., asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he had not received an application from Man cheater asking for a rebate of the petrol tax in respect of motor spirit used by motor ambulances for the free conveyance of the poor. In a printed reply, Mr. MiKinnon Wood stated that such an application had been received, and that the rebate of duty in respect of motor spirit used by motor ambulances was not specifically dealt with under the existing law. It was the intention of the Chancel kr of the Exchequer to consider whether the law might be amended.
Barnsley's Latest Dennis.
Page 257 has upon it an illustra tion of the latest two-ton Dennis van to be purchased by the Barnsley British Co-operative Society, Ltd., which purchaser is responsible for the body-design. The interior is arranged with fittings to take a number of bread-trays, and the rear is enclosed by special doors which open easily for the whole width of the body. The front. of the van has not the usual sliding door, or revolving shutter ;
there is a door in the side of the vehicle. The body can therefore be divided by a partition, enabling two classes of goods to be carried. We understand that the van is being used for conveying bread in
the morning, from the head depot to the outstanding branches ; after this, the vehicle has the interior fittings removed, and is used for general purposes. The advertise ment resulting from the vehicle is extensive, and it is the fifth Dennis van sold to this society. Inclusive of those now on order, Dennis Bros. have built 30 vehicles for cooperative societies.
Sturdy "Commer Cars."
The good nearing qualities of
Cornmer Cars" furnish possibly the greatest factor in securing repeat orders for their makers. This is the outcome of careful design, high-class material and big margins of safety in construction. :Buckley's Llanelly Brewery, after considerable experience with afour-ton lorry from the Luton works, has ..,rdered two more—all of them through George Ace, Ltd., of Tenby. Messrs. P. Phipps, of Northampton, are another firm of brewers who have ordered a fiveton " Commer Car" during the past few weeks, and the same action has to be recorded of both Chester's Manchester Brewery and Bentley's (Woodlesford) Brewery, the last-named per Messrs. Grace and Sutcliffe. Messrs. Seabrooke, of Gray's, have just ordered a fourtonner of the same make. Dundee's New Argyll Towerwagon.
A 35 h.D., four-cylinder Argyll chassis, equipped with extension lower for overhead-repair work, is now at work in Dundee in connection with the Corporation's electricity circuit and plant. The tower can be raised to heights varying between 10 ft. and 20 ft. from the ground.
Lots Testimony.
A repeat order has been sent to Sturmey Motors, Ltd., which company makes Lotis vehicles, by McVitie and Guest, Ltd., the wellknown biscuit manufacturers anti confectioners of Edinburgh, following satisfactory experience with a machine which was delivered early in the year.
Irish Development.
Slievardagh R.D.C. has now decided to invite specifications and particulars from manufacturers of commercial motors. We referred to this matter on page 231 of our last week's issue. Communications are to be addressed to Mr. Patrick Norris, secretary, Crohane, Killenettle, Co. Tipperary.
"Pushed Up" by a Tramcar.
At Lambeth Police Court last week the driver of a "heavy motorcar with a trailer" was summoned for exceeding a speed of 5 m.p.h. The alleged speed was 9 m.p.h. in the Old Kent Road. The defendant said that he was being followed by a tramcar, which rang for him to get out of the way. The near side was crowded with traffic, and be wits forced to quicken his speed in order to overtake it, and So get between the tramlines and the kerb. The magistrate inflicted a fine of 7s. ed. and 2s. costs.
Pickwickiart Justice.
A strange and rather-unfair view was taken at Ashton-underLyne, near Manchester, on Wednesday, the 15th inst., in one of two cases against commercial motor firms. Messrs. Edwards, brick makers in the neighbouring town of Droylsde.n, pleaded that 16-cwt. excess of na.w. was due (a) to the tank being full and (b) to the fact that the bricks on the lorry had absorbed a lot of rain, thereby gaining increased weight. The magistrates accepted the plea, but imposed a fine of El and costs, pre sumably because a technical offence had been committed.
Messrs. Webster, timber merchants, of Ashton, having carried tons 11 cwt. on the front axle of a lorry with 4 in. tires, or 16 cwt. in excess, blamed the men who loaded at the Ship Canal Docks, and said it was impossible to estimate to a few cwt.